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<For_dumbass@right.wing.loons> wrote in message 
news:kc6pa29q6ljk6qcq1fb3cgt7urnl44nlde@4ax.com...
> KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The temperature was 51 C in the shade Tuesday, 
> according
> to the red and white Maple Leaf thermometer on the wall outside the 
> Canadian
> Forces office that books soldiers' leave to cooler climates.

The thermometer may have been in the shade, but it still doesn't mean that 
the local temperature wasn't higher than the area in general. After all, 
it's mentioned below that tents and other spaces become as furnaces in late 
day - a thermometer in one of those spots is going to be in the shade too.

> According to U.S. Army helicopter pilots who have to know such things to 
> load
> their choppers properly, the temperature on the tarmac was 58.5 C.

One or two feet above asphalt? I'm not surprised that the temperature there 
was 58.5 degrees.

[ SNIP ]
> When the air conditioning works, it makes for pleasant nights at the 
> airfield,
> where temperatures dip to the mid-30s C, but most of the big units are 
> unable to
> cope with a Kandahari summer. Sleep tents with chilling units at each end 
> become
> unpleasant about four hours after sunrise, which can complicate life for 
> the
> base's night shift workers. Work tents become unbearable between noon and 
> nearly
> dusk. Work spaces for heavy-vehicle mechanics are covered so hands do not 
> burn
> on metal exposed to the sun.

Well, big deal. People get by. It's not like the Taliban aren't roasting 
either.

AHS